Tournament Info

FEBRUARY 8-11, 2018

The World Pond Hockey Championship was first held in Plaster Rock, New Brunswick in 2002. It was the first event of its kind to be held anywhere. The event was started as, and continues to this day as a fund raising event to help pay for the costs associated with the construction of a new recreation centre for the community. The new Tobique-Plex facility opened in November of 2007 and serves all age groups within the Tobique Valley region. From humble beginnings during that first ever event in 2002 that saw 40 teams compete, most of which were from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Maine, the event has grown to feature 120 teams from around the world. Aside from the hundreds of hockey enthusiasts that travel to Plaster Rock each February to compete, the event attracts thousands of spectators and media from around the globe as well. The event is scheduled for the second full weekend in February each year.

- 120 TEAMS (4 ON 4) ROUND ROBIN - EACH TEAM GUARANTEED 5 GAMES - 1 GAME ON THURSDAY EVENING - 2 GAMES EACH TEAM (FRIDAY) - 2 GAMES EACH TEAM (SATURDAY) - PLAY-OFF ROUND (SUNDAY) TOP 32 TEAMS 0- SINGLE ELIMINATION

REPRESENTATION:

PARTICIPATING TEAMS HAVE REPRESENTED 12 CANADIAN PROVINCES / TERRITORIES; 35 U.S. STATES AND A TOTAL OF 15 COUNTRIES WORLD WIDE.

ATTENDANCE:

8,000 + PEOPLE OVER THE FOUR DAYS

MEDIA COVERAGE:

THE WORLD POND HOCKEY EVENT HAS BEEN FEATURED ON CBC-TV; HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA; TSN; ROGERS SPORTSNET, CTV; GLOBAL-TV; THE WEATHER NETWORK, NBC, ABC, ESPN AND CBS, AS WELL AS THE GLOBE AND MAIL; NEW YORK TIMES; TORONTO SUN; WALL STREET JOURNAL; WASHINGTON POST; MONTREAL GAZETTE; TIME MEGAZINE; SPORTS ILLUSTRATED; FACE-OFF MAGAZINE, THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE, CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC and OUR CANADA magazine.

The Tournament team entry fee is $ 700.00 (Canadian dollars) per team.

If Full Payment is paid prior to November 15, 2018 team fee reduced to $650.00

ALL CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS CAN CALL 506-356-7242 FOR ADDED SECURITY

All teams will be required to make a minimum of$200 deposit when selected in the lottery. You will have until July 20, 2017 to pay this deposit. If no deposit is received, another team will be invited to fill that team spot. Balance of payment is required by no later than November 15, 2017. In the event of team cancellations 75% of the fee will be refunded up until 30 days prior to the event. Cancellations inside of 30 days will not be refunded unless compassionate rationale applies. This will be a Board decision.